On November 8, 2016, the District of Columbia held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Franklin Garcia won reelection unopposed.
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| Turnout | 65.3%  26.9 pp[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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  Garcia: >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary elections edit
Primary elections were held on June 14, 2016 concurrent with the presidential primary.
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Franklin Garcia, incumbent Shadow Representative (since 2015)
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin Garcia (incumbent) | 75,186 | 96.4 | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 2,800 | 3.6 | |
| Total votes | 77,986 | 100.0 | ||
| n/a | Overvotes | 11 | ||
| n/a | Undervotes | 20,291 | ||
Other primaries edit
The Republican and D.C. Statehood Green parties held primaries, but no candidates declared and the contests saw only write-in votes.[2]
General election edit
The general election took place on November 8, 2016. Garcia was the only candidate on the ballot and won reelection to a second term.
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Franklin Garcia (incumbent) | 197,299 | 96.9 | +19.7 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 6,238 | 3.1 | +1.36 | |
| Total votes | 203,537 | 100.0% | |||
| n/a | Overvotes | 73 | |||
| n/a | Undervotes | 51,066 | |||
References edit
- ^ a b "General Election 2016 - Certified Results". DCBOE. District of Columbia Board of Elections. June 18, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Primary Election 2016 - Certified Results". DCBOE. District of Columbia Board of Elections. June 19, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2020.